Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-11-28
Diamonds

] NtAtl W. HNAilii'NA fHtNtItif" W. WV
rant any extended mining for ihcm.
The total number found is not moro
than two hundred The largest au.
thenticatcd diamond crystal vas
found opposite Richmond, 30 Man
chester. Chesterfield County, Virgin.
ia, by laborer engaged in grading
the streets d. original weight wHa
23 carats, but It had large flaw
IN one side, and bad hccu injured
hy the finder putting it into an ltUn
furnace in order to prove ita gruu
inencss. After cutting. 3D. weighed
lls4 caats. Dc passed iuiu thr
hands of Captain Samuel Dewey
and was by him nnmcd thc "Oniuo.
on. or Sea Of Light. john Morris.
sey once loaned six thousand doIlam
ON it, bat owing Go its poor color and
other imperfections, lt probably r.
not worth more than Cen por crui
of that amount to day s number
Of diamonds weighing ono eaml carh
have been found in North Carolina.
&C various times from 1896 up to tho
present time. They aro usually found
in the gold wasmngs associated
with gold and other rare minerals.
This deJr,s e. usually thc result of
the old gneissoid, and, perhaps thc
decomposcd pcridotito rocks. A
diamond weighing a.. mmts vas
found ou thc Alfred Bright farm Zoe
/ Dysartvillc, Mcdowell County. Nn1H
4 Carolina, in the summer of lesG. hf
the twclvc-yeur old Willie Christie.
who wac sitting at d spring, ml
saw "a pretty trick about two lcot
from where he was sitting lle pirh.
ed it zap, took it home nnd luid ID 0n
"a shelf. Only after two woeks did
ho think of taking 90 to any onc for
Identification lt was chen sent t0
New York for valuation. Do ir quito
perfect. but has faint YcIluwiah
gray TINT These facls were nuthpu.
ticuted by the writer un the spot a
number OF small stones have aIsD
been found n or nrnr the cIuaiIu
sandstone belt iu Georgia, moat Uf
them iu Che gold wnahIngs uf lluil
/ County. Here about forty diamonds
have been found. many of which
were of Zine quality These diamonds
are usually met with iu the refuse of
sluice-boNes aud "long toms" uacl
Ia mining operations. California hua
furnished them u many localities.
Professor D. WWhlcr 0f Goulunru.
/ Germany, discovered microscopic
diamonds iu the platinum sHnla af
the Trinity river, and Boa all northern
counties Of tho state drained by thp
Trinity river also m tooal bay ur.
egon, and iu Smith river. Drl Nortp
/ County. Instances have occurred
where fragments of broken diamonds
have appeared among Doe arbrs
cleaned from tho atumpInp.baltrf.r#
which reduced gold ore. a. thrru.
kee Flat, since 1868, from nfJN fa
sixty diamonds have been found. thr
largest one weighing 2 muta.
some of them roae-euIood. aumr SGD.
low, aud some white. 1br mahe#i
price that has ever been paid fnr
California diamond iu the rough H
five hundred dollas
The probable origin of tho South
African diamond is cNpInIued hl
Cohen, Roscoe, mod l.eNis na de.
rived from an ouptiyo iuck which
was forced through beds uf mrI1ua.
ceous shale. thoroughly breaking up
che carbon, s0 chat it wns dlaemI.
mated through tbc volcanic r1r. from
che size of "a pin point to large mna.
SECS. This heating of tho shale bad
released aa Roscoe found, @ volatile
1 hydrocarbou, from which br th.uNH
the diamond vas formed "A am
! liar volcanic rock, containing n o1fe
b0naccous shnlc, wns found Boz II'..
OFT County, Kentucky. hy 3d. g. N.
Dilleri and the possibility Df dIu.
monds being found there nas aHe
geatcd by Professor tanllI LeW.H.
and lcd t0 systematic search HU
Dr. DilIer and the writer. nnarr H
mission from the United statea Gra-
logical Survey Diamonds WeIr uet
found, and tbc shnie Waa found l1
contain only 1880 as much carbon as
che South African rock NuII tlrr
is possibility chat tle eupf.tf aea
may have penetrated urhr. .atrn
of thc carbonifefaua aud Dftouau
rocks elsewhere Hapa
A gentleman who bad HuIr
daughter of very inqus.tfr um
of mind invited q friend t1 d.ua With
him. % chanccd chat ths friend hnd
just been divorced from h.s H.fe.
and little Annie, eho bad hrad
something about Be-. Waa eauoua tu
know more "Whf dIdntFna HIHH
your wife With you. So Todd. aat.
ed Annie, when they Hero al seated
at the table 1le gueal hIushel HHd
stammered, aud said he hadnt aHF
now. Then Annie. Boz spte uI nd.
m0ultory scovl. ffom pops and mau.
ma. continued sWhlt d.d 500 H.l
ditoreed from ber f.rf .WeI. hu.
bic, don't you think t heftet. aaart
III. Todd. "whpu tao people Nan
live happily together i.Hi ihsN
.lasld i1..rat. $3.50. d.Ht
answered the child 'l th'nh ~ h'l.
t.r 4, egaf u aat ttars the aaF